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Crave renews hockey hit Heated Rivalry for season two
International partners such as HBO Max have also signed on for the hockey romance’s sophomore season.
SODEC supports 14 projects via TV Production Assistance Program
A total of $7.6 million has been allocated to the selected projects, which include season two of Crave’s Empathie.
Showrunners of the Year: Stacey Aglok MacDonald & Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
The North of North creators discuss how they challenged themselves to think big with their Arctic-set comedy hit, and tease where they’re going in season two.
Bell Media, Radio-Canada launch streaming bundle
The move marks the latest streaming package for Crave in 2025.
Netflix acquires season three of Matty Matheson’s Just a Dash
The streamer has also picked up the first two seasons of Matheson’s culinary webseries.
Blink49 Studios producing 4 Nations Face-Off special for CBC
Former NHL superstar P.K. Subban is an executive producer on the one-off doc about the 2025 international hockey tournament.
The Black Academy sets ‘Legacy Lounge’ interview series with CBC
The four-part series is a reimagining of the Academy’s annual Legacy Awards established in 2022.
Blue Ant commissions two returning wildlife titles from WildBear
Australia’s WildBear Entertainment is providing new entries in the Wildlife ER and Boss Shark franchises for Blue Ant’s Love Nature brand.
Platform of the Year: Crave
Bell Media’s Sean Cohan and Justin Stockman discuss the five tactics that have helped supercharge the streamer’s subscriber growth.
The Canadian implications in Netflix’s Warner Bros. acquisition
Entertainment lawyer David Zitzerman discusses the potential effects of a successful Netflix acquisition on Canadian mediacos as Paramount Skydance launches hostile takeover bid.
Hot Sheet: Stranger Things smashes Canadian demand record
Demand for the Netflix series peaked at 372 times the average in Canada during the week of Nov. 24 to 30.
Serial Maven acquires global rights to 50,000 First Dates doc
Toronto’s Peacock Alley Entertainment produced the Prime Video doc about a woman suffering from an extraordinary case of memory loss.
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